Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: (OT) They're not all crazy in Europe Date: 29 Apr 2025 03:20:17 GMT Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <0cMMP.704185$SVG3.567961@fx42.iad> <1rb1ipg.3w2n301vs09ntN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <_hqNP.444264$j2D.243272@fx09.iad> <4GRPP.758282$D41.630614@fx45.iad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 97lGWMInjjVElfX2e5r+EAcEQZal2d4gd1WWgQddUN+Ju5ERS2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:D9j5WcFpUMJ0VU9BBH/cgdSYZKY= sha256:fxRk4IGyykDUS6llEajoiGRHnLLMNks5oJ+6cJiLAF4= User-Agent: Pan/0.160 (Toresk; ) Bytes: 2790 On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:37:20 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote: > On 2025-04-28 14:40, rbowman wrote: >> On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:43:13 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote: >> >>> Apparently, much of it is due to the fact that the Internet is now >>> available to Muslims, and they can easily discover that their "faith" >>> is a work of bad plagiarism filled with contradictions and lies. >>> Perhaps exposure to Western content also played a part. >> >> Apparently exposure to the internet hasn't hindered the LDS church. >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_of_the_Hebrews > > I think they just enjoy the fact that they can have a number of wives > and don't want to admit that it's all garbage. Garbage sells. https://ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/ Mainstream Christian churches are losing members but they keep on growing. There is a temple planned for here and there are already a number of ward churches or whatever they are called. There is a LDS fundamentalist town about 30 miles south. It's generally believed they are polygamists but they don't cause problems so it's don't ask, don't tell.